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trstregfsdgfd
4y ago
Colloquially, if I had a household that ran their tumble dryer twice a day every day, I might say it's "running almost continuously". Which domestic appliance do you think is a fair comparison to the power needs of an EV? As
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trstregfsdgfd
4y ago
Why? Comparing the power consumption of an EV on charge to a fridge is a very unfair comparison. If you drive 200 EV miles per week, you need 60kWh per week, or about 360W continuous. At approx. 4.5kWh per cycle, that's 13 tumble dryer
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trstregfsdgfd
4y ago
More like a tumble dryer, running almost continuously. Fridges/freezers, even huge US-sized ones, don't use that much power. I measured the average consumption of my under-counter fridge at less than 10W.